A simple way to create ebooks
Hey there,
We are happy to tell you that you can now create books in the Arabic Language
You can get started here http://papyruseditor.com/ar/home/new
Here is a snapshot of the editor being used in Arabic
تتمتع خلق الكتب باللغة العربية
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Hey there,
We are happy to tell you that Papyrus now supports ebook creation in the Russian Language.
Here is a snapshot of the themes available in Russian,
Наслаждайтесь создания электронных книг на русском языке
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Hey there,
Over the past few months, we have added many new features and improvements to Papyrus. One of the most requested features was to allow collaborative editing. We are happy to tell you that Papyrus now has a new collaborative editor that you can use to write books with your coauthors.
To invite other authors click on the blue “Collaborate” button in the top right corner. You can add the emails of your co-authors to invite them.The collaborators can make edits simultaneously together in the same chapter( even on the same line of text if you want).
There is one significant difference between the existing editor and the new collaborative editor. In the new editor the text has to entered in the markdown format. Markdown is a very easy way to create content, by following very simple rules.
Here is very simple tutorial introducing you to markdown format(based on wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown )
It is very easy to add headings for your text using Markdown format. HTML headings are produced by placing a number of hashes before the header text corresponding to the level of heading desired (HTML offers six levels of headings), like so:
# First-level heading
#### Fourth-level heading
would result in
A paragraph is one or more consecutive lines of text separated by one or more blank lines.
This is a paragraph. It has two sentences.
This is another paragraph. It also has
two sentences.
would result in
This is a paragraph. It has two sentences.
This is another paragraph. It also has
two sentences.
There are two types of lists in Markdown, an ordered list and an unordered list, as in HTML.
An unordered list is created by placing a number of indents and “bullets” infront of the list item. “Bullets” include asterisks, plus and minus signs.
* An item in a bulleted (unordered) list
+ A subitem, indented with 4 spaces
- Another item in a bulleted list
* Here's another item
This translates to
You could add ordered lists as well
1. An item in an enumerated (ordered) list
1. A subitem, indented with 4 spaces
2. Another item in an enumerated list
3. Another item
4. Yet another item
which would result in
Blockquotes are created by adding an angle bracket. For example:
> "This entire paragraph of text will be enclosed in an HTML blockquote element. Blockquote elements are reflowable. You may arbitrarily wrap the text to your liking, and it will all be parsed into a single blockquote element."
translates to
This entire paragraph of text will be enclosed in an HTML blockquote element. Blockquote elements are reflowable. You may arbitrarily wrap the text to your liking, and it will all be parsed into a single blockquote element.
You can add links and images in the following manner
[link text here](link.address.here)
Ex. [Markdown](http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Markdown)
becomes
Markdown
If you have any queries feel free to write to me gaurav@papyruseditor.com
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Hey there remarkable author,
Self publishing is a growing industry and many new authors are publishing their books independently. A lot of sites have come up that let readers discover the new and upcoming books by indie authors. Here we give a brief overview of the most popular destinations to discover indie books.
Kindle Indie Books
Kindle Indie Books showcases the books published by authors using Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform. This site regularly features new authors and highlights their works. It also has a hourly updated best sellers list to help you select from the most popular books.
Smashwords
You might have already heard about Smashwords. It is the one of the largest distributors of independent eBooks which makes it a very important destination to discover indie writers. It provides an opportunity to discover new voices in all categories and genres of the written word. Once you register, the site offers useful tools for search, discovery and personal library-building. Most of the books are affordably priced, and many are free.
IBookStore Breakout books
In order to encourage and promote authors using Apples iBookstore, it has launched a new category call “Breakout Books”. This is an excellent platform for new authors to market and promote their books.
BookCast
The Bookcast is a great blog by Bill Thompson that promotes independent writers. It is devoted solely to interviews with indie authors, its aim is to introduce readers to these immensely talented writers.
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Hey there remarkable author,
To improve ones writing skills it is very important to solicit feedback from others. Luckily, the internet today has a lot of good online communities where you can get feedback and interact with other authors. These communities also help you in reaching out to your readers and building your audience.
Here is a list of the popular online communities
The /r/writing sub reddit is a great community of writers. At the time of writing this article there were 77,918 writers in the community. At any time you would find hundreds of writers online discussing news affecting writing professionals, and the finer aspects of the writing craft. You could reach out to the community to get feedback on your writing , or just hang around to keep yourself updated with latest news in the writing space.
Writers Cafe
WritersCafe.org is one of the oldest online communities where writers can interact with others and feedback on their work. It also allows you to create and join groups based on your interests in writing. They also regularly organize writing contests for the community members. You could also subscribe to free writing courses or reach out to other members via the Writers Cafe’s online forum.
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly is very popular online journal that will keep you updated with the news in publishing industry.It regularly publishes interviews with authors, book reviews and other content that is very useful to authors looking forward to publishing their book.
GoodReads
Goodreads is social catalging website which lets you search its extensive user-populated database of books, antotations, and reviews.
Users can create reading lists and share it with other readers. It also lets readers write book reviews and rate the books and authors.
Wattpad
Wattpad describes itself as “the best place to discover and share stories.” Wattpad is agreat source for reading work by undiscovered and published writers. Wattpads greatest strength lies in delivering content on mobile devices which has made the service extremely popular.
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Hey there remarkable author,
Over the past months , we have been working hard to add new features and improve the experience of ebook editing using Papyrus
We are happy to announce that Webreader for Papyrus is now available.
Your readers can now read your books directly on the web , without the need to download anything.
Here is an example ebook in the webreader :
http://papyrusebook.com/web/2064/Introduction-to-Papyrus
You can start creating your books here
http://papyruseditor.com/en/home/new
You can send us your feedback at gaurav@papyruseditor.com or use the feedback button inside the app.
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Hey there remarkable author,
We have been working hard to improve the experience of creating books in Papyrus.
We are very excited to tell you that we have added 20 new designs to Papyrus.
These new design templates cover a wide range of subjects like cooking, photography, self-help, parenting, programming and much more.
We have also added a bunch of new fonts to help you make your cover even more beautiful.
You can access the new book designs from your home page
http://papyruseditor.com/en/
New EBook Designs
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Hey there remarkable author,
Once you have decided that you want to self publish your book, you are going to need help and tools to help you achieve your goal of bringing out a book. Fortunately, there are a lot of options available to today’s independent authors that aid them in creating ebooks. We have created a list of 9 popular self publishing sites. Hope you find these useful.
This is the most popular way to self publish your books. Amazon provides a simple interface to upload your books. Once the books is approved by Amazon, it is available for sale on Amazon.com. You can earn royalties up to 70%. Once published, your book would be available for download on millions of Kindle devices. Know more.
PubIt is a service from Barnes & Noble. If you want your book to be available on the Nook e-reader , you would have to submit your book to PubIt. It provides an easy interface to upload your book. You can royalties up to 65% using PubIt. Know more.
Apple has also created an eco-system for ebooks. You can upload your book to iTunes and start selling them worldwide. However, there is a strict manual review process for all books that are uploaded. For those who use Macs, you can use iBooks Author app to help you create beautiful books for the iBookstore. Know more.
Smashwords is the one of the largest distributors of independent ebooks. Using their self publishing platforms authosrs can distribute books to almost all major retailers. Know more.
It is a very popular print on demand book publishing marketplace. You can select from a wide variety of sizes and templates for you physical book. Know more.
It is a print on demand service from Amazon.com. It is very similar to Lulu.com, but it also provides self publishing music CDs etc apart from books. Know more.
Leanpub is on of the simplest ebook publishing platforms available. You have to create your book in the markdown format ,and it would publish the books as PDF,EPUB and Mobi formats. You can publish your in progress book on Leanpub and readers would get the updates as you add new work. Know more.
It is a popular blog to book platform. If you already have a popular blog, you can contact Hyperink, and they would work with you to convert your blog to a beautiful book. The revenues from the book would be shared by Hyperink and the author of the blog. Know more.
And finally we also have Papyrus. It strives to provide an end to end ebook publishing platform, that makes it very simple to create your ebook. It also provides a simple cover designer that lets you design beautiful ebook covers in minutes. If you want to sell your book all you have to do is to set a price and Papyrus would take care of the rest. Know more.
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Hey there remarkable author,
Most of us who write,whether personaly on our blogs or proffessionaly want to become a published author one day. And with recent popularity of Self Publishing and Distribution platforms like Lulu.com, Kindle Direct Publishing , it has become very easy to publish our books independently.
However, all these self publishing platforms accept books in specific formats (like EPUB or MOBI). To generate books in these formats , authors use desktop software like Sigil and Calibre .
While Sigil and Calibre are great tools, and have served thousands of authors very well in the past, there is now an alternative that will make producing EPUBS even easier.
Papyrus is the simplest way to create , publish and sell your books online.
Here are the reasons why we think you should give Papyrus a try:
Papyrus is completely online. All you need is a browser ,and your books will be available to you on any platform/OS at any time.
We have tried to make Papyrus extremely simple to use. It doesn’t get in your way while creating great content. All the complexities of formatting,publishing etc. are taken care by Papyrus, so that you can focus on writing your next bestseller .
You will always be using the latest version of Papyrus. As it is cloud based, all new features would be available to you immediately as they are released.
Papyrus provides you an easy way to design a beautiful cover. Have a look at the covers templates here http://papyruseditor.com/en/home/new
Every book has its own marketing page. All you have to do, is to set a price and Papyrus would take care of selling your book, and the money would be transferred straight to your account.
Your books are currently being published in EPUB,Mobi(Kindle) and PDF formats. More options are coming soon.
Papyrus lets you create books in multiple languages. As of now, Papyrus speaks English,German,Spanish,Japanese and French. More languages are coming soon.
Start writing your ebook now http://papyruseditor.com
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ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a unique commercial number that is used to identify books/eBooks. Since 2007 ISBNs have 13 digits. ISBN is the unique identifier for your book in the worldwide catalog of published books.
Here is a sample ISBN:
Sample ISBN : Wikipedia
An International Standard Book Number consists of 4 parts (if it is a 10 digit ISBN) or 5 parts (for a 13 digit ISBN)
Understanding ISBN
As shown in the image above, an ISBN has the following
If you publish your book with conventional publishers, they would provide you with an ISBN.
However if you want to buy ISBN directly,every country has an authorized ISBN agency who can provide you with ISBNs.
Here is a detailed list for all countries
http://isbn-information.com/isbn-agency.html
The cost of ISBN depends on the agency from which you are buying. For example: If you buy an ISBN in USA from R R Bowker in New Providence, NJ it would cost you 125 $ for a single ISBN. You can buy ISBN in bulk at reduced prices.
You can read more about cost of ISBNs here http://isbn-information.com/cost-of-isbn-numbers.html
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